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Dominican Culture

Browse Dominican culture in New York City including Dominican merengue, bachata, son Dominicano, dem bow, and alternative.

New York Dominican News

Juan Pablo Duarte is the Founding Father of the Dominican Republic

Juan Pablo Duarte sculpture in Duarte Square, Hudson Square, Manhattan (Mark Zhu/Dreamstime)

JUAN PABLO DUARTE SQUARE, Hudson Square, Manhattan 🇩🇴 🇺🇸
ALTAR DE LA PATRIA, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

Oscars 2026 Academy Awards Best International Feature Film Short List Trailers

Oscars, Academy Awards (Elliott Cowand/Dreamstime)

Best International Feature Film Shortlist 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇪🇸
Latin Best International Feature Film Submissions 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇭🇹 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇸🇳 🇿🇦 🇪🇸 🇺🇬 🇬🇧 🇺🇾 🇻🇪

DOLBY THEATRE, Hollywood, California and ABC-7

La Altagracia is the Patron Saint of Dominican Americans

La Virgen de la Altagracia is the Patron Saint of the Dominican Republic (Jose Miguel Rodriguez de Carvalho/Wikimedia)

HIGÜEY, Dominican Republic ~ Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia. 🇩🇴

Guggenheim New York

Guggenheim Museum New York (Sean Pavone/Dreamstime)

Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival, Naomi Tunaki tap, Kukai Dantza Basque Flamenco 🇯🇵 🇪🇸
Guggenheim Pop, iconic and contemporary pop art 🇩🇴 🇮🇹 🇵🇭 🇺🇸

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan

Repertorio Español is New York’s Busiest Spanish-Language Theater

Repertorio Español (courtesy)

La casa de Bernarda Alba, Spanish drama 🇪🇸
La gringa, Puerto Rican comedy 🇵🇷
La ternura, Spanish comedy 🇪🇸
En el tiempo de las mariposas, Dominican drama 🇩🇴
La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao, Dominican American drama 🇩🇴

KIPS BAY, Manhattan

NYC Restaurant Week 2026 is a Great Time to Try Latin Food with Family and Friends

NYC Restaurant Week (Anton Harets/Dreamstime)

Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳🇭🇰🇲🇴🇸🇬🇹🇼 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇵🇭 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇯🇲 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇸

Cinema Tropical Awards 2026 Recognize the Year’s Best Latin American and American Latin Films

Cinema Tropical Awards (Sven Hansche/Dreamstime)

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER, Manhattan 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇻🇪 🇺🇸

Three Kings Day in New York City 2026

Three Kings Day NYC (Iakov Filimonov/Dreamstime)

January 6 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇮

Salsa Con Fuego Lounge Dominican Merengue, Bachata, and Dembow Stars

Salsa Con Fuego (Sergey Frolov/Dreamstime)

La Insuperable, Dominican dembow 🇩🇴
Fabolous, African American hip hop 🇺🇸
La Fruta, Dominican influencer New Year’s Eve 🇩🇴

FORDHAM MANOR, The Bronx

Pregones PRTT is Two Puerto Rican Community Theaters as One

Pregones/PRTT (courtesy)

“BURNED” interactive Puerto Rican theatre 🇵🇷
“Llontop” interactive Indigenous Quechua Peruvian theatre 🪶 🇵🇪
“Legacy Lab: Life Interwoven,” documentary photography 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

PREGONES THEATER, Concourse, The Bronx

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Starts a New Era with Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack and Dancers (Andrew Eccles/AAADT)

NEW YORK CITY CENTER, Midtown, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇬🇫

Mega Bash Alex Sensation Goes Dominican with El Teteo de Dembow

Mega Bash Alex Sensation (DisobeyArt/Adobe)

PRUDENTIAL CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇨🇴 🇩🇴

Mirabal Sisters, “Las Mariposas,” Inspired the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Remember the Mirabal Sisters "Las Mariposas" (Diegobib/Adobe)

NOVEMBER 25, 1960 🇩🇴

New York Comedy Festival Makes America Laugh Again

New York Comedy Festival (Rido/Adobe)

IT’S ALL OVER

Dominican Film Festival New York Captures the Quisqueya Spirit

Dominican Film Festival New York (Valentin Valkov/Adobe)

UNITED PALACE, Washington Heights, Manhattan 🇩🇴
ALIANZA DOMINICANA, Washington Heights, Manhattan 🇩🇴
AMC Empire 25, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇩🇴

Hispanic Day Parade NYC, Desfile de la Hispanidad New York, Celebrates the Culture and Contributions of 21 Hispanic Countries

Hispanic Day Parade NYC Desfile de la Hispanidad de New York (Shiningcolors/Dreamstime)

FIFTH AVENUE Midtown/Midtown East, Central Park/Upper East Side, Manhattan 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

Creole Food Festival NYC Shines Cuisines of the American South, Mother Africa, The Caribbean, and Latin America

Creole Food Festival NYC (Rimma Bondarenko/Dreamstime)

EMILY ROEBLING PLAZA, Brooklyn Bridge 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇩🇴 🇬🇵 🇨🇮 🇬🇫 🇻🇪
ARTFULL WALLS GALLERY, Harlem 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇸

Global Citizen Festival Goes Latin with Shakira, Cardi B, Tyla, Ayra Starr, Camilo, Laurie Hernandez, Danai Gurira, and More

Global Citizen Festival (Decaale/Dreamstime)

GREAT LAWN, Central Park 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇳🇿 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇵🇷 🇿🇦 🇰🇷 🇿🇼

San Miguel Arcángel Changed My Life

San Miguel Arcángel (Public Domain)

SEPTEMBER 29 🇩🇴

Queens Hispanic Parade Desfile Hispano de Queens

Queens Hispanic Parade (Kobby Dagan/Dreamstime)

37TH AVENUE, Jackson Heights, Queens 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇬🇶 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪

Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City

Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City (Skypixel/Dreamstime)

A meditation on what it means to be “Hispanic” in America today.

🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

New York International Salsa Congress is NYC’s Labor Day Weekend Salsa and Bachata Dance Festival

New York International Salsa Congress (Burcu Akcakaya/Dreamstime)

NEW YORK MARRIOTT MARQUIS, Times Square Theater District, and offsite venues in Manhattan 🇦🇷 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇨🇦 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇪🇸

Battery Dance Festival Connects the World Through Dance

Battery Dance Festival (Battery Dance Company)

ROBERT F. WAGNER PARK and ROCKEFELLER PARK, Battery Park City, Manhattan

Dominican Restoration Day Commemorates “El Grito de Capotillo” That Finally Led to Dominican Independence

Dominican Restoration Day, General Gregorio Luperón (Public Domain/Wikipedia)

DAJABÓN, Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

National Dominican Day Parade

National Dominican Day Parade (Sergio Reyes/New York Latin Culture Magazine)

SIXTH AVENUE, Midtown, Manhattan 🇩🇴

Ogun Balenyo is the Dominican Palo Saint of Santiago de Los Caballeros

Ogun Balenyo is the Dominican Palo saint of war (Public Domain)

JULY 25 🇩🇴

Bronx Dominican Parade es el Gran Parada Dominicana de el Bronx, Quisqueya

Bronx Dominican Parade (Jose Terrero/Dreamstime)

GRAND CONCOURSE, Concourse, Claremont, Mount Hope, The Bronx 🇩🇴

Ogun is the Yoruba Orisha of Metal, Technology, Drivers, and Rum, ¡Aguanile!

Ogun, orisha of metals (Iurii Krasilnikov/Dreamstime)

JANUARY 29 Cuban tradition (Regla de Ocha) 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
JUNE 29 African tradition (Regla de Ifá) 🇧🇯 🇳🇬 🇹🇬
JULY 25 Dominican tradition (21 Divisiones) 🇩🇴

Summer for the City Brings the World to Lincoln Center with Free or Pay-What-You-Wish Concerts

Summer for the City (Lawrence Sumulong/Lincoln Center)

La Casita, Latin spoken word and music 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇬🇹 🇵🇷
Missy D French and English hip hop for families 🇨🇦 🇨🇮 🇷🇼 🇿🇼
NADELI, South African jazz 🇿🇦

LINCOLN CENTER, Upper West Side, Manhattan

Dance Parade 2025 is Once Again About Reclaiming the Freedom to Be Yourself

Dance Parade NYC (RightFramePhotovideo/Dreamstime)

SIXTH AVE, 8TH ST, TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village, Manhattan
🇺🇸 🇦🇴 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇨🇴 🇨🇩 🇨🇬 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇭🇹 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇮🇹 🇮🇪 🇰🇷 🇯🇲 🇯🇵 🇲🇽 🇵🇾 🇵🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇸 🇹🇼 🇹🇭 🇹🇹

Mega Mezcla 2025 Alex Sensation Features Anuel AA, Sech. Kapo, Beele, De La Ghetto, Ken-Y, Fariana, Jey One, Crazy Design, Vakero, with a special presentation by Elvis Crespo

Mega Mezcla (Val_th/Dreamstime)

PRUDENTIAL CENTER, Newark, New Jersey, reggaeton, latin trap, merengue, dembow 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇷

Latin Mondays NYC by Talia Castro-Pozo, One of New York’s Most Popular Latin Dance Parties, is Now at Fifth&Mad in Murray Hill

Latin Mondays at Taj (Jules Helm/Talia Castro Pozo)

5th&Mad, Murray Hill, Manhattan 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇦 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

New York Mets 2025 Roster is OMG!

New York Mets (Jerry Coli/Dreamstime)

CITI FIELD, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Fashion Designers of Latin America (FDLA) 2025 are the Latin Side of New York Fashion Week

Fashion Designers of Latin America ~ FDLA (Hrubaru/Dreamstime)

CANOE STUDIOS, Starrett-Lehigh Building, Chelsea, Manhattan
UNITED PALACE, Washington Heights, Manhattan
INNSiDE NEW YORK NOMAD, Chelsea, Manhattan
🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇲🇽 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇻🇪

Afro Dominicano Rocks New York With Their Dominican Haitian Merengue Méringue Caribbean Alternative Rock Fusion

Afro Dominicano (Bob Dea/Flushing Town Hall)

HOUSE OF YES, Bushwick, Brooklyn 🇩🇴
JOE’S PUB AT THE PUBLIC THEATER, NoHo, Manhattan 🇩🇴

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Latin Stars Include Dora the Explorer, Spider-Man, Natti Natasha, and Sebastián Yatra

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Dora the Explorer (Gary718/Dreamstime)

UPPER WEST SIDE, MIDTOWN, HERALD SQUARE 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇵🇷 🇬🇧 🇻🇪

DOC NYC Documentary Film Festival Screens Films That Make You Think About What’s Going On All Around Us Right Now

DOC NYC (Guruxox/Dreamstime)

IFC CENTER, SVA THEATRE, VILLAGE EAST BY ANGELIKA, West Village, Chelsea, East Village, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇮🇳 🇮🇱 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 🇸🇩

Flor de Toloache, New York’s Female Mariachi, Plays Live for a Screening of Disney’s Day of the Dead Movie “Coco”

Flor de Toloache (Carnegie Hall)

THE TOWN HALL, Midtown, Manhattan 🇲🇽 + 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇨🇺

New York Yankees World Series Games 3-5 at Yankee Stadium

New York Yankees, Bernie Sanders (Sports Images/Dreamstime)

YANKEE STADIUM, Concourse, The Bronx 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇵🇭 🇮🇹 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

New York Film Festival Screens the Year’s Most Anticipated Films at Lincoln Center and In The Boroughs

New York Film Festival (Alexander/Adobe)

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER, Manhattan
ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE Cinema, Staten Island
BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS, Concourse Village, The Bronx
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE, Astoria, Queens

Belíe Belcán is the Dominican Loa of Justice

Belie Belcan (Photoeuphoria/Dreamstime)

SEPTEMBER 29 🇩🇴 🇵🇷

Junta Hispana is a Hispanic Product Sample Fair with Family Entertainment

Junta Hispana (Juan Moyano/Dreamstime)

FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, Queens 🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇨🇷 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 🇬🇹 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇳🇮 🇵🇦 🇵🇾 🇵🇪 🇵🇷 🇪🇸 🇺🇾 🇻🇪

Aventura and Romeo Santos Play One Last Round of Urban Bachata Together

Aventura with Romeo Santos in 2007 (Michael Bush/Dreamstime)

UBS ARENA, Belmont Park, Long Island 🇩🇴

New York Latino Film Festival Brings Latin Creatives and the Film Industry Together

New York Latino Film Festival (ViDi Studio/Adobe)

THE CENTER, West Village, Manhattan
MINETTA LANE THEATRE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan
REGAL UNION SQUARE, Union Square, Manhattan
QUISQUEYA PLAZA, Inwood, Manhattan
🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇫🇷 🇯🇵 🇵🇷

Yasser Tejeda Plays a Bryant Park Picnic Performance with the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Yasser Tejeda Afro-Dominican Alternative (Harlem Stage)

BRYANT PARK, Garment District, Manhattan 🇩🇴

José Alberto “El Canario” Plays the New York International Salsa Congress

José Alberto "El Canario" is a Dominican salsa superstar.

MARRIOTT MARQUIS, Times Square Theater District, Manhattan 🇩🇴

Yewá, the Yoruba Orisha of the Cemetery, Dances with the Dead to Help Them Move On

Yewá in pink watches over the Old San Juan cemetery (Ajitha/Adobe)

AUGUST 11 🇧🇯 🇨🇺 🇩🇴 🇭🇹 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

DJ Lobo Spins a Fourth of July Salsa Dance Party in Greenwich Village

DJ Lobo (the artist/City Parks Foundation)

GONZALEZ Y GONZALEZ, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇩🇴

Queens Dominican Day Parade Marches Through Jackson Heights

Queens Dominican Day Parade Diablo Cojuelo (Alkiona25/Dreamstime)

JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens 🇩🇴

New York Salsa Festival is a Night of Salsa Legends

New York Salsa Festival (EKH Pictures/Adobe)

BARCLAYS CENTER, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇵🇷 🇻🇪

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